In a message dated 10/30/2002 6:54:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Small story: > Soon after Judy's son committed suicide she performed the most emotional > concert tour I have ever been to(I have seen over 200 different people in > concert from classical, jazz, folk, rock,etc...).I have seen many performers > from the singer/songwriter era (which tend to aim a lot for the emotional > buttons within people through their music). > Nothing has ever compared!!!She performed so many sad song and hopeful song, > and most of her own composition. 2 Mitchell song, 2 Cohen's songs(Song for > Bernadette-WOW) etc.. She did away with a lot of the stuff she typically > sings that I don't think she does a good job with anyways(City of New > Orleans, Desperado). These are good songs but other people do them better. > Anyways, just before the encore I went up and gave her some flowers and > asked her to sing "Winter Sky" (a Billy Ed Wheeler song she did in the early > 60's). She came back out and told the audience that I had asked her to do a > song that she loved but had forgotten about for many years. > I guess she just felt the song was appropriate for her current emotional > state and so she sang it acapella and then went right into Amazing Grace. > The people in this concert where very teary eyed and some people were just > on the verge of sobbing. I had never seen anything like it. I ran into Judy > several years later at a book signing and waited last to speak with her. I > asked her about that night and she remembered being asked to sing the song > and said "you were the guy who brought me the flowers?!?"(I hadn't even > mentioned the flowers). She stated she really felt something cooking inside > of her that night . It all came out. The big purge! I'm a softy but I don't > let on to that, and my eyes were pretty watery. My friend and eye discuss > this concert all the time. I went with the lady who had introduced me to > Judy a couple of decades earlier. It made it so much more significant. > Will > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > _____ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 I've heard so many things about Judy being vicious,and nasty,It's nice to hear that Judy has a warm,human side to her...
